Psalms 127:1-4

¹A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

²It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

³Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

⁴As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.